Why Are Hydrangeas Also Called Hortensias? - Southern Living
WEBApr 30, 2023 · Have you ever heard a hydrangea bush called a "hortensia"? Long used as a common name for the plant, the name 'hortensia' also indicates a specific selection of bigleaf hydrangea, which goes by the scientific name Hydrangea macrophylla 'Hortensia.'
How to Grow and Care for Hydrangeas - The Spruce
WEBSep 19, 2024 · Hydrangeas are one of the most popular and easy-to-grow ornamental garden or container plants, with large, mostly spherical flower heads that come in a wide array of colors including shades of pink, purple, and blue. These shrubs are rapid growers, averaging two feet of growth per year, and their blooms can last all summer and into fall.
How To Grow And Care For Hydrangeas | Gardening Know How
WEBSep 13, 2023 · Hortensia, or French hydrangea, is the mophead that produces large rounded flower clusters and blooms each summer. The heavy masses of flowers are not fertile and have nothing to offer insects except to notify them that there is food nearby.
Hydrangea - Wikipedia
WEBHydrangea (/ h aɪ ˈ d r eɪ n dʒ ə / [3] [4] or / h aɪ ˈ d r eɪ n dʒ i ə / [5]), commonly named the hortensia, is a genus of more than 70 species of flowering plants native to Asia and the Americas. By far the greatest species diversity is in …
How to Grow and Care for Hydrangeas | Gardener's Path
WEBSep 15, 2019 · When you need a big, bold specimen plant, look no further than hydrangea. With fantastic, large flowerheads in colors of blue, lime green, mauve, pink, red, and white, they showcase an old-fashioned beauty that begs to be seen and admired. Their immense blooms make them a stand-alone in woody shrubs.
Hydrangeas: Planting, Growing, and Pruning Hydrangea Shrubs
WEBAbout Hydrangeas. Unrivaled in the shrub world for their beautiful flowers, these elegant perennial plants are easy to cultivate, tolerate almost any type of soil, and produce abundant blooms. Colors beguile with clear blue, vibrant pink, frosty white, lavender, and rose blossoms—sometimes all blooming on the same plant!
Hortensia, a shrub with fabulous bloom clusters - Nature & Garden
WEBHortensia, more commonly known as hydrangea, is a wonderful flower shrub. Key facts to remember. Name – HydrangeaFamily – Hydrangeaceae. Height – 3 to 6 ½ feet (1 to 2 meters) Soil – more on the acidic side, heath soil. Exposure: part sun , shade – Foliage: deciduous – Flowering: summer → fall.
Types Of Hydrangeas (and How To Identify Them) - Gardener's …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Hydrangeas are one of the most popular garden plants in the world. And with their huge beautiful blooms, it’s easy to see why. But when it comes to growing them, I’ve seen many arguments discussions break out about whether they need sun or shade, when to prune them and how hardy they are.
6 Types of Hydrangeas Demystified - Proven Winners
WEBHydrangeas are beautiful flowering shrubs that can be grown in gardens across the country. They make great foundation plants, border shrubs or potted flowers. There are many different hydrangeas in a variety of colors, sizes and hardiness levels.
Hydrangea Growing Guides, Tips, and Information - Gardener's Path
WEBHydrangea (sometimes called hortensia) comprise a genus of around 75 species of perennial flowering plants that are native to the Americas and eastern Asia – including China, Korea, and Japan. These popular ornamental shrubs with over 600 cultivars produce large flower heads of various shapes and sizes.